Turbo mousetrap
cart: Need for cheese!
How to build the Mouse Trap Car
Goals & Objectives
● To demonstrate how there are alternative ways besides fuel and power sources to make vehicles move
● To leave with a functional moving car● To be able to explain how the car works
Energy, Motion and Friction
● Energy:● What is energy?● From where we have energy● Is our cart in need of a source of energy to
work?
● Motion ● What is motion?● Transforming energy to move the cart
Energy, Motion and Friction
● Friction● What is friction● Transforming energy into heat● Not all the friction is negative
● How does friction affect the motion of a vehicle?● Without friction our cart can not move● The friction convert energy that can be use to
move the cart into heat that we do not need!!!
What is a turbo mousetrap cart and how does it work?
● A turbo mousetrap cart is a vehicle that is powered by the energy of a wound-up mousetrap spring.
● The string is wound around the axle by the turning of the wheels, the snappper’s lever arm is pulled close to the drive axle causing the mouse trap's “wind-up” and store energy. When the string is released the drive axle by the mousetrap will cause the wheels to rotate.
About the mousetrap- Materials
● String ● Connector Strips● Perpendicular Blocks● 5mm Dowels● Pulleys● Galvanized Colored Wire ● Mousetrap● Slide Stop Material ● #12-½” Screws ● #10 Washers ● Gears● Wheels ● Rubber bands
Steps
Get Ready
to
Race !!!!!!